larum

See also: Larum and -larum

English

Noun

larum (plural larums)

1. Obsolete form of alarum.
   • (Can we date this quote by Ben Jonson, Epicœne, or The Silent Woman and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

     […] and so comes forth, and rings a tedious Larum to the whole House, and then is quiet again for an Hour, but for her Quarters.

Derived terms

• larum-bell

Verb

larum (third-person singular simple present larums, present participle laruming, simple past and past participle larumed)

1. Obsolete form of alarum.

Anagrams

• mural, rumal

Latin

Noun

larum

1. accusative singular of larus

Old English

Noun

lārum

1. dative plural of lār

Polish

Etymology

From Old Italian all'arme (“to arms, to the weapons”), from Latin arma, armōrum (“weapons”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈla.rum/

• (Lesser Poland):
  • (Goral):
    • (Żywiec) IPA^(key): [ˈla.rum]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -arum
• Syllabification: la‧rum

Noun

larum n (indeclinable)

1. (derogatory) uproar, especially misguided or dishonest

   Synonyms: wrzawa, wrzask, zamieszanie, zgiełk

2. (archaic) alarum, call to arms
3. (dated) alarm signal

Further reading

• larum in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• larum in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Leon Rzeszowski (1891), “larum”, in “Spis wyrazów ludowych z okolic Żywca”, in Sprawozdania Komisyi Językowej Akademii Umiejętności, volume 4, Krakow: Drukarnia Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, page 357